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Endowed chairs

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Congratulations to all ourÌýendowed chair holders,
and thank you to everyone who has made these chairs possible.

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Endowed chairs are one of the highest recognitions that can be awarded to a faculty member by their university. They are essential to recruiting, retaining and honoring top minds in academia. Endowed chairs come with annual funding that faculty can use to support graduate students or otherwise initiate new lines of creative research. This flexible funding is often game-changing when it comes to launching new cross-disciplinary research collaborations and generating preliminary results needed to successfully obtain multi-year research funding.

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Prof. Christine Alvarado

Christine Alvarado
Paul R. Kube Endowed Chair of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Â鶹´«Ã½


Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute Chancellor’s Endowed Chairs

Department of Computer Science and EngineeringÌý

Farhat Beg
Shao-Chi and Lily Lin Chancellor's Endowed Chair in Engineering Science

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringÌý

Mihir Bellare
S. Gill Williamson Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Computer Science

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
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Alan M. Schneider Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering


William Prager Endowed Chair Professor in Structural Mechanics

Department of Structural Engineering

Shaochen Chen
Zable Endowed Chair in NanoEngineering Technologies

Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering


Qualcomm Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Robotic Systems at the University of California San Diego

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Director,
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Prof. Karen Christman

Karen Christman
Pierre Galletti Endowed Chair for Bioengineering Innovation

Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Welfare, Jacobs School of Engineering

Carlos Coimbra
John Dove Isaacs Endowed Chair in Natural Philosophy

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Joel Conte
Eric and Johanna Reissner Chair

Department of Structural Engineering

JorgeÌýCortes
Cymer Corporation Endowed Chair in High Performance Dynamic Systems Modeling and Control

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Sujit Dey
Jacobs Family Chair in Management and Engineering Leadership I

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Center for Wireless Communications
Faculty Director,

Adam Engler


Kenneth BowlesÌýEndowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering

adi Esmaeilzadeh
HalicioÄŸlu Endowed Chair in Memory Systems

Department of Computer Science and Engineering


Cymer Professor in Advanced Optical Technologies

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

David Fenning


Francine Berman Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering

Portrait photo of James Friend


Stanford S. & Beverly P. Penner Professor in Engineering or Applied Science

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering


Center for Memory and Recording Research Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director,

Olivia Graeve


Elias Masry Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering


Qualcomm Professor in Embedded Microsystems

Department of Computer Science and EngineeringÌý
Director,

Jeff Hasty


Paul A. Libby Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering
Department of Molecular Biology in the School of Biological Sciences

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Tara Javidi


Jerzy (George) Lewak Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Machine-Intelligence, Computing and Security (MICS)


Endowed Chair in High Performance Computing

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ryan Kastner


William Nachbar Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Jan Kleissl


Henry G. Booker Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Director,

Farinaz Koushanfar


Siavouche Nemat-Nasser Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Machine-Intelligence, Computing and Security (MICS)


Jacobs Family Chair in Management and Engineering Leadership II

Associate Director,
Professor of Innovation, Technology and Operations
Â鶹´«Ã½ Rady School of Management

Sonia Martinez


Benjamin W. Zweifach Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering


Daniel L. Alspach Professor of Dynamic Systems and Controls

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Â鶹´«Ã½

Ping Liu


William Coles Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of EngineeringÌý

Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano EngineeringÌý
Director,


William S. C. Chang Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Andrew McCulloch
Shu Chien Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Engineering and Medicine

Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering
Director,


Ericsson Endowed Chair in Wireless Communication Access Techniques

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering


Qualcomm Professor of Information Theory and its Applications

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department ofÌýComputer Science and Engineering
Director, Information Theory and Applications Center


Y.C. Fung Endowed Chair in Bioengineering

Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering
Director,Ìý


Ronald R. Taylor Professor in Information Technology and Computer Science

Department of Computer Science and Engineering


Walter J. Zable Chair in Engineering

Dean, Jacobs School of Engineering
Special Adviser to the Chancellor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Laurel Riek


David R. Miller Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine


Ronald L. Graham Chair of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Director,Ìý


Ericsson Endowed Chair in Wireless Access Networks

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering


Qualcomm Professor in Telecommunications and Information Technologies

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Qualcomm Institute (the Â鶹´«Ã½ Division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology)Ìý


Wireless Communications Industry Chair

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering


John J. and Susan M. Fratamico Endowed Chair

Computer Science and Engineering Department

Portrait photo of Barna Saha


Harry E. Gruber Professor in Computer Science and Engineering

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute


Blasker Professor in Environmental Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering


Irwin Mark and Joan Klein Jacobs Professor in Information and Computer Science

Department of Computer Science and Engineering


Center for Memory and Recording Research Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Gabriel A. Silva
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Professor

Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering

Alex Snoeren


Peter Banks Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Shankar Subramaniam
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Professor in Bioengineering and Systems Biology

Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering

Steve Swanson
HalicioÄŸlu Endowed Chair in Memory Systems

Department of Computer Science and Engineering


CMRR Professor in Mechanics and Tribology

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Andrea Tao


Jeanne Ferrante Endowed Chair in Jacobs School of Engineering

Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering
Associate Dean for Students, Jacobs School of Engineering

Portrait of Mehran Tehrani

Mehran Tehrani
Callaway Golf Endowed Chair

Department of Structural Engineering

George Tynan
Kazuo Iwama Chair in Material Science

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Geoffrey Voelker
CSE Professorship in Internet Privacy and/or Internet Data Security

Department of Computer Science and Engineering


SAIC Endowed Chair

Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering
Director,Ìý


Presidential Professor in Energy and Combustion Research

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Liangfang Zhang
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Chancellor's Endowed Chair Professor

Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering


Qualcomm Endowed Chair in Mobile Computing

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

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